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Show jf WITTE NOW HAS k! AFIGHWCHltE Promise of Breathing Spoil to (let His Policies Into 3 J Actien. l HOPES TO CUT SYMPATHY FROM THE PROLETARIAT Members Cabinet Distinctlj J Deny Entering on Path of Reaction. I J st PETERSBURG, Tan : Midnight NS Tin- restoration o( i abU mniunlcatlon PJK Ami th outlook clearing ami th QOY-HB QOY-HB ernment breathing f i r . with a fighting B chance that fount Wltte will yet tx abh to uteer a way through the rocks which " Iks' t his path. The throat of a general strlko in the Im-' Im-' Jmdlftt" fi.ti.f I.. i - i) i i' 1 1 pi u r J, :irnl tl,' , I telegraph strike In fast going to pieces, In spit of tho wild app-nl. ,f the union to Ml stand Arm jij Real Leaders Carry the Day. The real leaders of the workmen and Other proletariat organizations, realizing h fully th lr weakness and lack Of preparation prepara-tion for a Afi UriVS struggle. .irrled the day over the Hotspur und convinced the majority that It would be a blundor to eroetltnte that which they preach ;i- t frig the supreme Instrument for tho forging forg-ing of free nation to mlnoi issui , I i t. a tho r'-drefjdnK of the grievances ol 0rl- Pj "tN 'iCdlvld.i J, T Continue Organizing. lri reglsterlriK their decision, however, they place tin msMves on record "to continue con-tinue the organization and equlpn the 'lighting legions' begun by our old president, M. Kruntaleff (now under ,ir-k ,ir-k j r4l thus virtually Justifying the point of jfrfc Governmenl thai tn violation of P srt JP-Jet i2 ', nd 136 of tin .'li ilnal code, gWv irVln( part icipat ion In anj association SBr the obji ct of whli h Is armed revolt and " the punishment for which Is ileath. Is possible " Mrtke Simple Charge. The Government, however. In order to discount the attempts to muke a hero of L Krustaleff, miv hrlng him to trial on tin- Slmnle charge of misappropriating the funds of the workmen 'In converting them to the founding of a Roclnllsl paper, vhli h charge It claims, ran ! Niilistan- Hated. Procurator Is Abrupt A deputation from the Workmen's coun cil today sent certain demands to Count H Wltte Later the mi mi- rs HL tion (tailed on Procurator Kamlspanl im fV of whom they demanded thi r. .i. II KrjMi.ii. ir Th procurator bluntl) re-la re-la fufd to k-r.u.i tin demand, saying thai the case must bo tried In the courts. "Then." aald the spokesman of the depu-tatlon, depu-tatlon, "we will declare si general strike," jjH to which the procurator answered ' "Krustaleff will not be released even if mi the holi world striki e Period for Vindication. The dlwappe'irance of the danger of a general strike seems to insure to the ggB Government certain period in which to SB vlndlcati itself and to demonstrate that iS it is strivliiK to realize tip promised nee Order Of things. Its friends say that It v in . ,,hie to demonstrate Its sincerity by deeds and that In ho doing It will cul awe) sympathy from the proletariat organizations or-ganizations and place them, when the time comes for tnS projected strike. In ' the attitude of deliberately provoking a "truggle to orrthrow the Government and in -Mahllxh a democratic rep ihllc It Is understood that M. Krutaleff is confined In the fortrr of St. Peter arid I St I'sul In order to prevent a possible attempt at rescue which. It Is ex-, ex-, plained, would lead only to bloodshed. Deny Reaction. The members of fount YVItlc's Cabinet Cabi-net distinctly deny that the Government . has enteral on the pat h of reaction, but Ihi that the present anurchy enn- I not continue and that persona amenable ! to the law will U- tried In the courts. There can be no question of arbitral y method, they say; snd they add that If the (ifivfrnm-ni BOOM really enter on the path Of reaction It must end In a dictatorship, the first evidence of which will be that the Premier will step down and out. Ministry a Stop-Gap It Is stated that fount Wltte has taken the ground that his ministry Is only a -top-gap. that It Is his purpose to transfer trans-fer the power of the Cabinet to the hand of the Iiouma. and that. ther. fn- the Government will fot undertake to bind the country by an temporary law ami policy, whh h ih Nation should decide de-cide tor Itself There was better outlook on the bOtlSS today Imperial 4s touched 7!1 and oloeed 1 1 Industrial stocks w re In demand at prices two or three points higher than on Saturday. Jacquerie Will Be Ready. At a meeting of workmen laet night member of the Finnish "national guard." whh h Is really socialistic or-I or-I ganlzatlon. tendered the solidarity of the Emperor! proletariat." promising that when the signal was given the Jacquerie would be found ready Knell of Communal System. The special committee which Is considering consid-ering the matter of legislation for the pi ;isunts has received an exceedingly Itn-portant Itn-portant decision Involving the right of the communes to assign lands In severally, the holders of which can sell at will Ac- i tlon In accordance with this decision would Virtually sound the knell of th communal system Where the peasant! I desire to retain the communal system. however they may mortgage their lands to obtain money for the purchase of additional addi-tional lands, to make Improvements, to buy agricultural Implements, etc Simply u Device. The de-ion of the i ommlsslon Is based on the fact that the Kmperor's remission of further payments ended the necessity for further communal ownership, which vas really a device of the Government to hold the entire community responsible for the redemption of the lands granted when serfdom wee abolished |
